Sunday, May 13, 2012

Lawyer, client in trouble over phone spying

iol.co.za

A cellphone hacking scandal has landed a Pretoria attorney in trouble, after two Cape Town residents complained that he revealed confidential information illegally obtained from a spy programme planted in a BlackBerry cellphone handset.

The spy programme, Flexi-spy, can be downloaded from the internet for a few dollars. It allows a hacker to listen in on real-time conversations on a targeted cellphone, as well as to view SMSes, BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) conversations and e-mails, according to court documents.

Attorney Selwyn Shapiro had been reported to the Law Society of the Northern Provinces for bringing the name of the attorneys’ profession into disrepute by using the hacked information in a divorce case, the two complainants said.

This comes after Shapiro’s male client in a divorce case was criminally charged last year with hacking into his wife’s cellphone.

The Law Society of the Northern Provinces has confirmed it is investigating the complaint against Shapiro.

The society’s legal official, W Wolmarans, said they had received the complaint and were communicating directly with the two complainants. The complainants allege that Shapiro revealed the hacked information in court papers that are part of divorce proceedings. The divorce case will be heard in August in the North Gauteng High Court.

The couple may not be named as it is illegal for the media to report on divorces.

1 comment:

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Prior to starting ComSec LLC in 2007, Mr. LeaSure was active within the counterespionage, counterterrorism and TSCM fields for 26 years. He has attained the prestigious CCISM, Certified Counterespionage Information Security Management Certification. He also has extensive training, knowledge and experience in the identification of eavesdropping devices, espionage detection methods and the intelligence collection tactics most often employed by perpetrators of electronic espionage.

J.D. LeaSure is also the Director of the Espionage Research Institute International (ERII). As Director, he is tasked with ensuring the organization is successful in its mission to provide continuing education, facilitate professional relationship building and ensure the counterespionage & counterintelligence skill sets of its membership remains current as espionage tactics and devices evolve.